Cab attached to agreegator service set on fire by 'protesters'

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Press Trust of India Sangareddy
Last Updated : Jan 06 2017 | 9:42 PM IST
A taxi was burnt by some of the 'protesting' drivers attached to an online cab agreegator at Tellapur in Sangareddy district of Telangana late last night, police said today.
Sub-inspector S Vijaykumar of Ramchandrapuram police station said that Naveen, who drove a car under an agreement with the cab agreegator firm, was stopped by four persons at Hakimpet crossroads last night.
They asked him why he was driving the cab when other drivers attached to the agreegator firm were protesting, and forced him to drive to Tellapur village.
At the village, they torched Naveen's cab, the police officer said.
Police were examining the CCTV footage of the area. Probe is on.

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First Published: Jan 06 2017 | 9:42 PM IST

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